Knockdown stand.



J. H. ASTRUCK.

KNOGKDOWN STAND.

APPLICATION FILED 1320.8, 1911.

Li?. Patented Nov. 5, 19142.

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KNOCKDOWN STAI).

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Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov.. Il, 1212.

Application filed December 8, 1911. Serial No. 664,620.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. AsTRUoK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New membered for packing and shipping pur-v poses.

In. the accompanying drawing: Figure 1` is a side elevation of a stand embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a section through the base and lower joint; Fig a section through the joint between a'pair of Aadjoining stem-members, and Fig. 4. a side view of j the stand showing the same taken apart and f inclosed withinv a casing.

The stand is `composed essentially 'of va bowl "10, a suitable y number of. stem-sections 11 and a base ,12. 1 i,

The bowl 10 is made of suitable conliguration and may be provided with a match box holder 13, cigar rests 14 or similar im lements adapted for the convenience o a smoker. A

Each stein section 11 is of tubular form and incloses. within its upper end a plug 15 which is soldered into or otherwise secured to the tube. Plug 15 is provided with an integral colla-r 16 that rests upon the top of section 11 and is in turn provided with an upwardly extending screw 17. The diameter of collar 16 should be e ual substantially to the outer diameter o stem 11, so as to be flush therewith as indicated in Fig. 3. At its lower end each stem section 11 is provided with a bushing 18 having a tapped aperture of a size to accommodate, screw 17.

The screw 17 of the up ermost stem section is adapted to removaby engage a socket 19 of bowl-10. At the joints between the,

several stem sections, there is'arranged an outer tubular sleeve 20, of suitable configurationv and provided with a central aper.

tured web 21 interposed between the stemsections. This web rests upon collar 16 of the lower stem section, and permits-the passage of the screw 17 into engagement with the tapped bushing 18 of the upper stem section. The upper and lower halves of the sleeve will thus encompass thel corresponding ends of stem sections 11, so that the joint between said sections is effectively re inforced and concealed.

The drawingshows the stand to be provided with two stern sections only, but it is obvious that this number may be increased at pleasure without departing from the spiritof my invention.

The base 12 is provided with an upper central socket 22 and with axed screw 23 eX- tending upwardly into said socket. rlLhe lower end of the bottom stem section 11 is removably fitted into socket 22 and its Vtapped bushing 18 is engaged by screw 23,

so that a very strong invisible joint is obtained.

It is obvious that the height of the stand may be readily changed by shortening or entirely removing the stem. Thus if the stem 1s composed of but two sections, its height may be altered by'removing one of said seotions, while if the stem is composed of more than two sections, any suitable number thereof may be withdrawn. So also the stand may be completely eliminated and the bowl secured directly to the .base by causingv the screw 23 of the latter to engage socket 19 of the former.

For packing and shipping purposes, the bowl, the stem-sections, and the base are all unscrewed from 'each other, so that the entire device may be confined within a small case 24 (Fig. 4).

lt will be seen that my knockdown stand is of, great strength, is not liable to wear loose at the joints, may be readily adjusted in height and may be easily packed, stored and shipped. y

I claim:

1. A knockdown stand comprising a bowl, a base, a jointed stem composed of a plurality of removable sections, a plug fitted into one of the stemsections, a collar on said plug, a screw on the collar which is adapted to engage a tapped aperture of the adjoining stem sections, and a sleeve encompassing the stem sections and having an apertured web adapted to accommodate the screw.

2. A knockdown stand comprising a bowl, and a sleeve encompassing the stem sections a base, ya jointed stern composed of a pluand having an apertured Web adapted to raliry of removable sections, a plug tted accommodate the screw.

into one of the stem sections, a collar on said plug, a screw on the collar, a tapped bushing fitted into the other stem section and adapted to be engaged by the screw,

JOHN H. ASTRUCK. Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRmsEN, KATHERYNE KOCH. 

